Clinical Research / Study Coordinator jobs for former SLPs
3 openings right now, at 2 companies that hire speech-language pathologists into non-clinical work.
Ranges and timelines come from documented SLP transitions, not estimates.
Why SLPs land here
Protocols, consent, documentation, tracking participants against a schedule someone else audits. You have done all of it under a different name, and universities hire people from varied backgrounds far more readily than industry does.
Where people get in
University and academic medical center job boards, searched for "study coordinator" or "research coordinator." No new credential is required to apply. Departments outside communication sciences count too: psychology, public health, aging, education. They your clinical experience just as much.
On this path a pay cut is the expected outcome rather than a risk. The national range sits below where most SLPs already are. Its value is as a first step, not a destination. It is the fastest way out of the clinic and onto a résumé that no longer reads as purely clinical, and people commonly move from here into better-paid analyst, informatics, or pharma roles within a couple of years.
Your first move this week
Search your nearest university's careers page for "research coordinator" and read three postings end to end. You will recognize most of the requirements.
Open Clinical Research / Study Coordinator roles (3)
Updated September 7, 2026. Each link goes straight to the company.
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How this list is built: every Monday we read the public job boards of the companies in our directory, keep the roles a former SLP could realistically land, and drop anything requiring a licence you don’t hold. Postings close without warning — if a link is dead, the role is gone.
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